Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials

The Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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scientific journal

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that was established in 1992 and is published by World Scientific

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. It covers developments in the field of nonlinear interactions of light with matter

Nonlinear optics

Nonlinear optics is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light...

, guided waves

Waveguide

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, and soliton

Soliton

In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a self-reinforcing solitary wave that maintains its shape while it travels at constant speed. Solitons are caused by a cancellation of nonlinear and dispersive effects in the medium...

s, as well as their applications, such as in laser

Laser

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and coherent lightwave amplification, and information processing.

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/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
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Abstracting and indexing

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